Meet the Officers
Meet the FLIGHT officers, and learn where they are currently assigned. Note: the assignments listed do not reflect outbreak or other emergency response efforts.
2022 Class
Alfonso Hernandez-Romieu MD, MPH (LCDR, USPHS)
CDC National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Division of Vector-Borne Diseases
Alyson Cavanaugh, DPT, MPH, PhD (LT, USPHS)
CDC National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases
Katherine Franc, DVM, MPH
CDC Center for Global Health
Division of Global Health Protection
2021 Class
Farrell Tobolowsky, DO, MS
CDC Center For Global Health
Global Immunization Division
Michelle Waltenburg, DVM, MPH
CDC National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology
2020 Class
Nathan Furukawa, MD
CDC National Center for HIV/AIDs, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention
Division of Viral Hepatitis
Alexandra Medley, DVM
CDC National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases
John Rossow, DVM
CDC Center for Global Health
Division of Global Health Protection
2019 Class
Emily Curren, DVM, MPH
CDC National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Division of Healthcare Quality and Promotion
Robert McDonald, MD, MPH (LCDR, USPHS)
CDC National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention
Alison Winstead, MD
CDC Center for Global Health
Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria